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#561 from Lutheran Book of Worship
For the beauty of the earth
Tune
Dix
Metric Index
7 7 7 7 7 7
Key & Modality
G Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (five verses)
1.
For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies:
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies:
2.
For the wonder of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale and tree and flow'r,
Sun and moon and stars of light: [Refrain]
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale and tree and flow'r,
Sun and moon and stars of light: [Refrain]
3.
For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight: [Refrain]
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight: [Refrain]
4.
For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above;
For all gentle thoughts and mild: [Refrain]
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above;
For all gentle thoughts and mild: [Refrain]
5.
For yourself, best gift divine
To the world so freely giv'n;
Agent of God's grand design,
Peace on earth and joy in heav'n: [Refrain]
To the world so freely giv'n;
Agent of God's grand design,
Peace on earth and joy in heav'n: [Refrain]
Hymn References
Author
Folliott S. Pierpoint 1835-1917 (alt.)
Composer
Conrad Kocher 1786-1872
Publication Date
1978
Topic
Celebration, Jubilation; Creation; Family
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#302 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / As with gladness men of old (G Major ) [click to view]#879 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / For the beauty of the earth (G Major ) [click to view]
#119 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / As with gladness men of old (G Major ) [click to view]
#288 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / Praise to God, immortal praise (G Major ) [click to view]
#82 in Lutheran Book of Worship / As with gladness men of old (G Major ) [click to view]
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